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host: jon jarvis, the 18th director of the parks service. thank you very much for being on the program. we want to let our viewers and listeners know what's coming up
host: jon jarvis, the 18th director of the parks service. thank you very much for being on the program. we want to let our viewers and listeners know what's coming up
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host: jon alterman came to this career with a long resume. he has been a professor at harvard university where he attained his ph.d. he's been a scholar at the u.s. institute of peace. he was an advisor to the baker-hamilton commission. he was an assistant secretary of state. and he was a member of the policy planning staff at the state department. his focus now is organizing all the thinking by the various scholars at the center for strategic and international studies. what started your interest in this? guest: i had an internship working at the state department in 1986. i kept doing what i was interested in, and before you know it, you are a middle east expert and no one will hire you to do anything else. host: what is your big-picture thinking about the amount of change happening now? >> there are two elements going on. one is that in the immediate term, there is going to be much less fundamental change than people think. the status quo powers, the militaries in these governments haven't gone away. so what's going to happen in the next six
host: jon alterman came to this career with a long resume. he has been a professor at harvard university where he attained his ph.d. he's been a scholar at the u.s. institute of peace. he was an advisor to the baker-hamilton commission. he was an assistant secretary of state. and he was a member of the policy planning staff at the state department. his focus now is organizing all the thinking by the various scholars at the center for strategic and international studies. what started your...
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host: senator jon kyl speaking yesterday on "fox news sunday." mr. kyle said that the most affluent americans, including -- including small business owners would undermine the fragile economic recovery. there is a question of how to payroll -- how to pay for the tax holiday. where are you calling from? caller: ohio. host: go ahead. caller: i believe it is a temporary tax. obviously, folks are going to make more on their paychecks, but for how long and whether they going to do with the money? i was recently, for the last 10 years, making it around $46 a week. i was being taxed around 45 per cent sign -- 45%. this would certainly give me extra money to invest or to put into the bank. but it is short-term. we need something long term. host: taking a look at the "the new york times." they're giving a counterpoint to what senator is saying. here's some more details. they were -- what do you think, dale, calling us from virginia beach? caller: i just want to say that i think the rich people have more things, so they have to pay more taxes. they have police
host: senator jon kyl speaking yesterday on "fox news sunday." mr. kyle said that the most affluent americans, including -- including small business owners would undermine the fragile economic recovery. there is a question of how to payroll -- how to pay for the tax holiday. where are you calling from? caller: ohio. host: go ahead. caller: i believe it is a temporary tax. obviously, folks are going to make more on their paychecks, but for how long and whether they going to do with the...
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host: stephen colbert and jon stewart are planning rallies in october. the role of celebrities is next whether it comes to influencing legislators or influencing the public at large. are democrats line is first in houston, texas. caller: that was the first i have seen that. it is a mockery and tragedy to this country to allow someone up there who is a comedian to act like that. i think it is proof positive of where we are in this stage of the game. it is just mockery and foolishness. there is no respect for the office. i am a democrat, but i really don't understand what my party is doing. it seems like they're committing political suicide. i do not understand anymore what is going on in politics and the world. it seems like to meet that they are keeping the people entertained long enough to do something. in my opinion, i really feel like this whole new world order think is really real. agenda 21 and these type of things. host: do you think there is long-term political fallout from this? caller: honestly and truly, i think it is the tv programmers and wha
host: stephen colbert and jon stewart are planning rallies in october. the role of celebrities is next whether it comes to influencing legislators or influencing the public at large. are democrats line is first in houston, texas. caller: that was the first i have seen that. it is a mockery and tragedy to this country to allow someone up there who is a comedian to act like that. i think it is proof positive of where we are in this stage of the game. it is just mockery and foolishness. there is...
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there is a small fee for private organization that is we consider a donation to post their open jons just like they would on monster or linked in. a monthly fee. if they're going to post more than five jobs on our website then we charge a small fee. per month. but for the veterans, everything is absolutely fry. for the bases, the wounded warrior rehabilitation centers that we visit to run our seminars is absolutely free. we do all of this on our own dime and our own dime is all donated dollars from great americans who donate to our organization so that we can continue to help veterans find jobs. host: wendy on our democrat's line. caller: good morning, gentleman. i'm a veteran and i want to say thank you for what you're doing. i think you're up a against a huge opposition. so i have a comment and a question. when i was exiting out of the navy, the transition program was limited. and it didn't help me. however, before i transitioned out i volunteered for a gentleman who was in the navy as well working to create his own newspaper. and become a publisher. that was an experience that i t
there is a small fee for private organization that is we consider a donation to post their open jons just like they would on monster or linked in. a monthly fee. if they're going to post more than five jobs on our website then we charge a small fee. per month. but for the veterans, everything is absolutely fry. for the bases, the wounded warrior rehabilitation centers that we visit to run our seminars is absolutely free. we do all of this on our own dime and our own dime is all donated dollars...
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jon, can you give us a little bit of the thinking by house leadership as to how they came up with this as a plan? >> good morning. i'm happy to explain it. one of the parts of this plan that's been a little misconstrued, it's not exactly a quid pro quo that if the senate promises to do the budget then we'll raise the debt ceiling for three months. what this bill will actually do is set a provision that if the senate does not pass that budget in three months then their pay checks would be withheld, so that's the enforcement mechanism. it actually doesn't require any promise that the senate do its budget. there's conceiveably still the thought that they could not do the budget and not get paid. host: so then the house would respond in kind? tell us a little bit then why use this as a mechanism? >> the strategy here is they are trying to go on offense again, because they had a brutal holiday stretch of sort of failed negotiating ploys and in-fighting and they are trying to turn the tables so people will talk about why went to democrats cut spending? one way they can do that is by talking
jon, can you give us a little bit of the thinking by house leadership as to how they came up with this as a plan? >> good morning. i'm happy to explain it. one of the parts of this plan that's been a little misconstrued, it's not exactly a quid pro quo that if the senate promises to do the budget then we'll raise the debt ceiling for three months. what this bill will actually do is set a provision that if the senate does not pass that budget in three months then their pay checks would be...
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jon huntsman was called to a meeting with the chinese foreign minister to launch a solemn -- china said it interfered with internal politics and hurts the feelings of the chinese people. more on next week's congressional hearing of the safety of toga vehicles. the company's president says he is hoping for understanding when he testifies and is promising to speak with all sincerity, adding that he will cooperate with regulators andñr work to restore consumer fe hurt by millions of recalls -- faith hurt by millions of recalls worldwide. >> coming up, the national endowment hosts the dalai lama. that will be this morning starting at 1030 eastern. -- 10:30 eastern. president obama told a meeting in las vegas today. and our coverage of the conservative political action conference newt gingrich. that will be tomorrow at 2:00 eastern. more from sea-tac -cpac tomorrow -- cpac tomorrow evening with fox news host glenn beck. >> this weekend, michelle obama on preventing childhood obesity. arne duncan on health care policy. host: ton zinser is the inspector general with the commerce department, h
jon huntsman was called to a meeting with the chinese foreign minister to launch a solemn -- china said it interfered with internal politics and hurts the feelings of the chinese people. more on next week's congressional hearing of the safety of toga vehicles. the company's president says he is hoping for understanding when he testifies and is promising to speak with all sincerity, adding that he will cooperate with regulators andñr work to restore consumer fe hurt by millions of recalls --...
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john stuart act "the daily show" review the whole thing and love it -- jon stewart. it was mostly democrats who defunded acorn. president obama said the behavior was deplorable. attorney general's in ohio and virginia investigating medicaid fraud after our video showing employees talking about ways that they can get around -- calling babysitting, russian drug dealers, getting medicaid assistance. you do not have to take my word for it. attorney general's, congress, president obama, "new york times," all these organizations get behind it. projectveritas.com. how often host: do you update? >> nowadays more often. -- host: how often do you update? guest: nowadays more often. host: we will have -- we will have a conversation about reducing the federal work force when we return. [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2011] >> i think reading the right books is helpful, but reading the wrong books can be educational as well like sea and the wrong movie. it is good to see what was done wrong so you can avoi
john stuart act "the daily show" review the whole thing and love it -- jon stewart. it was mostly democrats who defunded acorn. president obama said the behavior was deplorable. attorney general's in ohio and virginia investigating medicaid fraud after our video showing employees talking about ways that they can get around -- calling babysitting, russian drug dealers, getting medicaid assistance. you do not have to take my word for it. attorney general's, congress, president obama,...
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last time that he pressed for it, everyone in the room was going for it except for eric cantor and jon kyl. this time the crowd of opponents was bigger but one important person, john boehner. the important thing to remember here is scaling back from $4 trillion to 2.5 trillion does not make any of the big issues go away. sooner or later republicans are going to have to swallow some revenue increases. host: what is the purpose of today's news conference from the president? caller: the purpose for the president is to set a delicate balance. on the one hand he wants to claim the political high ground, i assume, saying that he tried and pushed for historic bipartisan achievement. unfortunately, we will like it there. the reason is that republicans will not sign on to a bold, $1 trillion tax overhaul. so, he wants to show the voters that he is the big negotiator. everything that he said the revlon in 2008. but he does not want to poison the well to make these negotiations for the rest of the week. >> what is the main message coming from republicans going into this meeting? >> it would seem
last time that he pressed for it, everyone in the room was going for it except for eric cantor and jon kyl. this time the crowd of opponents was bigger but one important person, john boehner. the important thing to remember here is scaling back from $4 trillion to 2.5 trillion does not make any of the big issues go away. sooner or later republicans are going to have to swallow some revenue increases. host: what is the purpose of today's news conference from the president? caller: the purpose...
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it is jon huntsman tomorrow. mr. huntsman is taking the bold step that meeting with potential voters. he is having a series of meetings in his state and we will cover john hulsman tomorrow in franklin, new hampshire. that will be live at 4:30 p.m. eastern and 1:30 pacific. charleston, west virginia, republican, thanks for waiting -- is college worth it? caller: college is huge. ben franklin sunday up -- if you are going to waste money, wasted on education because her liberty and property can be taken away but her education cannot. parents are huge in this process for it if we get another politician involved in education, we will sink this education shepard. ship. we have an x governor who is on the board of the standardized testing he. the problem in west virginia is that it is another education initiative and this one is to get more high school students to schoolap courses. we have one of the worst graduation rates and the country. in high school and we have one of the worst graduation rates from college using every
it is jon huntsman tomorrow. mr. huntsman is taking the bold step that meeting with potential voters. he is having a series of meetings in his state and we will cover john hulsman tomorrow in franklin, new hampshire. that will be live at 4:30 p.m. eastern and 1:30 pacific. charleston, west virginia, republican, thanks for waiting -- is college worth it? caller: college is huge. ben franklin sunday up -- if you are going to waste money, wasted on education because her liberty and property can be...
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jon scott it is about one block to one block and a half. -- guest: it is a block or block and a half. it is convenient because there are restaurants and delicatessens where people would go to lunch and it appeared then they can just hop upstairs and make phone calls. at one point, the building itself advertised offices by the hour work. you could basically rent a cube, go in and make a few phone calls and leave and paid by the hour. the owner tells us they don't really do that, it is not an office available to people but it is a rate -- it is an arrangement for a few long-term tenants. " scott is a bipartisan? guest: yes. dennis kucinich's presidential campaign was there at one point. eric cantor, republican whip has a campaign office there. it is a very bipartisan thing. basically in politics, everybody needs a place to raise money. host: bipartisan, but in your reporting you do not see anything nefarious going on? guest: the beauty is it is not only legal but it is sort of required by law. . host: we will rack up the program with a discussion on the u.s.-china dialogue. first, we wi
jon scott it is about one block to one block and a half. -- guest: it is a block or block and a half. it is convenient because there are restaurants and delicatessens where people would go to lunch and it appeared then they can just hop upstairs and make phone calls. at one point, the building itself advertised offices by the hour work. you could basically rent a cube, go in and make a few phone calls and leave and paid by the hour. the owner tells us they don't really do that, it is not an...
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know, the way that chief justices have been elected in the office is not the way that chief justice jon jay and daniel webster was elected in the office and the way they're handling office today and the way they're handling decision making, it seems like they've forgot about the word jump -- jurisdiction prudence. host: if you want more information on romney's event in houston, go to our website at c-span.org. we will address the naacp today. mesquite, texas. hello to debbie, independent line. caller: yes. if you are a doctor and you live out of the state, out of the united states, they'll tell you if you come over here, they'll set you one a business and give you money. and i wonder how much that costs. you can la look at your phone book and you see a lot of doctors and you could see their names. but if you go to school here, it's going to be a doctor, you're not only have to pay your school, you have to pay money for a business. and i'm just wondering how much does it start cost the american people to pay doctors to come over here and start their business. thank you. host: the "financ
know, the way that chief justices have been elected in the office is not the way that chief justice jon jay and daniel webster was elected in the office and the way they're handling office today and the way they're handling decision making, it seems like they've forgot about the word jump -- jurisdiction prudence. host: if you want more information on romney's event in houston, go to our website at c-span.org. we will address the naacp today. mesquite, texas. hello to debbie, independent line....
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ted cruz, i know everybody laughs jon stewart and whatnot, but he said he was from canada. he was born in canada. they talk about obama being from kenya. he's from canada. he cap the president. -- cannot be president. elizabeth warren seems like she israel honest -- real honest. bernie sanders, for instance -- you've got a few in washington that really care about the people, in my opinion. pick the ones, in my opinion, that will push the corporate agenda. the people will be left out in the cold what we have been for the past years. it is all about profits in this country. it is no longer about the people. host: rusty from kentucky putting his pitch in for elizabeth warren and bernie sanders as well. del fromo down to pennsylvania on our democratic line. caller: good morning. i watched senator cruz's speech last night. it was a little confusing. he said his father came to this country in 1957 after being tortured in cuba. guess what? 1957, our allies were running cuba. a man named bautista. right away, you got to be suspicious of the sky. host: talk about your pick for the d
ted cruz, i know everybody laughs jon stewart and whatnot, but he said he was from canada. he was born in canada. they talk about obama being from kenya. he's from canada. he cap the president. -- cannot be president. elizabeth warren seems like she israel honest -- real honest. bernie sanders, for instance -- you've got a few in washington that really care about the people, in my opinion. pick the ones, in my opinion, that will push the corporate agenda. the people will be left out in the cold...
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[laughter] >> this weekend, jon krakauer, bestselling author, on his latest, a biography of pap tillman, killed by friendly fire in afghanistan five years ago. c-sp [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> next month, get a rare visit inside the supreme court as we talk to justice is about the history of the court. >> brandeis would not come in here. the reason is because he said the building is so elaborate, it would go to their heads. and maybe he was right. it has become overtime a symbol of the third branch of government and the need for stability and rule of law, which is what americans stand for. >> as a complement to this production, c-span offers teachers free resources on our judicial system. go to c-spanclassroom.org. >> michael chertoff join us on this morning's "washington journal." this is about 40 minutes. >> michael chertoff, in your new book "homeland security: assessing the first five years" you write about the september 10 mindset. this is where you ride, "the voice of complacency sounds somethi
[laughter] >> this weekend, jon krakauer, bestselling author, on his latest, a biography of pap tillman, killed by friendly fire in afghanistan five years ago. c-sp [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2009] >> next month, get a rare visit inside the supreme court as we talk to justice is about the history of the court. >> brandeis would not come in here. the reason is because he said the building is so...
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in fact, at that time, jon voight was a democrat. i danced with him, and i was in my native state of wisconsin up in milwaukee. so i've been a regular supporter of the democratic candidates. host: molly ball, how many of the folks that you've seen in various ground operations are long-time supporters and people who have experience, like our friend in florida, versus people who are out there for the first time getting involved in campaign politics? guest: it's a mix. i think one really good point that can be made from that call is that when someone is in their own community, talking to people they know, that is so much more effective in terms of persuading people and convincing them to vote than anything that you get in the mail or see on television. people tune out a lot of this stuff. the robocalls, there's actually research showing that when a paid staffer calls you on the phone, that you don't know, and when a volunteer calls out phone, even when you don't know whether that person is paid or not, there's a difference in how persua
in fact, at that time, jon voight was a democrat. i danced with him, and i was in my native state of wisconsin up in milwaukee. so i've been a regular supporter of the democratic candidates. host: molly ball, how many of the folks that you've seen in various ground operations are long-time supporters and people who have experience, like our friend in florida, versus people who are out there for the first time getting involved in campaign politics? guest: it's a mix. i think one really good...